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* DummiedOut: ''Rainbow Cotton'' originally featured a mechanic where Cotton could get off her broom and walk through the stages. The developer of the 2024 remake found remnants of it in the code and [[https://toucharcade.com/2024/04/09/rainbow-cotton-remaster-interview-andreas-scholl-developer-remake-port-switch-steam-ps5-ps4-xbox-physical/ tried to reimplement it]] but ultimately could not due to time and technical constraints.
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* FranchiseKiller: The polarizing reception to ''Rainbow Cotton'' on the Platform/SegaDreamcast put the series on ice until Beep announced a reboot of the series in 2021.

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* FranchiseKiller: The polarizing reception to ''Rainbow Cotton'' on the Platform/SegaDreamcast put the series on ice until Beep announced a reboot of the series in 2021. Despite this, a port for modern consoles was announced for Spring of 2024.
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* FranchiseKiller: The polarizing reception to ''Rainbow Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast put the series on ice until Beep announced a reboot of the series in 2021.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Something about this series eludes availability. All of the games sell for high prices in secondhand markets and none of the original Cotton games have been ported to any digital storefront. Not helping is majority of the games in the series being [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan.]] ''Panorama Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the [=TurboGrafx16=] CD are probably the most infamous in this regard. The former had small production numbers in Japan (and had a collectors set to boot), and the latter had even ''less'' numbers due to the Turbo CD not being a high selling console in North America.

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* FranchiseKiller: The polarizing reception to ''Rainbow Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Platform/SegaDreamcast put the series on ice until Beep announced a reboot of the series in 2021.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Something about this series eludes availability. All of the games sell for high prices in secondhand markets and none of the original Cotton games have been ported to any digital storefront. Not helping is majority of the games in the series being [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan.]] ''Panorama Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Platform/SegaGenesis and ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the [=TurboGrafx16=] CD are probably the most infamous in this regard. The former had small production numbers in Japan (and had a collectors set to boot), and the latter had even ''less'' numbers due to the Turbo CD not being a high selling console in North America.

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** During the development of ''Cotton 2'', an adult version of Cotton was planned as a playable character, but she was nixed in favor of her original design.
** A third game, ''Cotton 3: Magical Century Legend'', entered development after ''Cotton 2'', but [[https://twitter.com/WASi303/status/1351086106725527553 it never got past the draft stage]]. Some of the things planned for the third game were the introduction of new characters and an eyepatch-wearing Appli.
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* IKnewIt: A negative example - When it was announced that City Connection would be bundling ''Cotton 2'', ''Cotton Boomerang'', and ''Guardian Force'' into a CompilationRerelease, given their previous track record with Creator/{{Psikyo}} ports, shmup fans were expecting these games to have a significant amount of input lag, as the Psikyo games have about 7 frames of input lag. When ''Cotton Guardian Force Tribute'' was then released, fans were sadly proven right, as the games average '''10 frames''' of input lag!
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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts. The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].

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On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts. The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].



* {{Feelies}}: The Sega Saturn of "Magical Night Dreams Cotton 2" came with a full-color 1998 Cotton calendar.



* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).

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* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).2003).
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* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).
* TheWikiRule: [[https://cotton.fandom.com Cotton Wiki]]

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* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).
* TheWikiRule: [[https://cotton.fandom.com Cotton Wiki]]
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* CreatorBacklash: When listing ''Rainbow Cotton'' on an online resume, one of the game's 3D modeller, Yusuke Nemoto, followed it with "I'm sorry".

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* CreatorBacklash: When listing The note booklet for the soundtrack album ''Cotton Original Soundtrack'' features a statement from one of the 3D modeller on ''Rainbow Cotton'' on an online resume, one of the game's 3D modeller, Cotton'', Yusuke Nemoto, followed Nemoto. After describing his role on the game, he follows it with "I'm sorry".
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* CreatorBacklash: When listing ''Rainbow Cotton'' on an online resume, one of the game's 3D modeller, Yusuke Nemoto, followed it with "I'm sorry".
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%% (This date is based on the Japanese version of December 23, 2021, not the later-released Western versions.)

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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021 worldwide ([[LateExportForYou bringing many of the games to the West for the first time]]), beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''. As a result, nearly every ''Cotton'' video game is now available worldwide on Switch and [=PS4=], with the exceptions being ''Rainbow Cotton'' and ''Cotton Rock 'n Roll'' (which is available in Japan and was announced for the West, but has no release date yet).

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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021 worldwide ([[LateExportForYou bringing many of the games to the West for the first time]]), beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''. As a result, nearly every ''Cotton'' video game is now available worldwide on Switch and [=PS4=], with the exceptions being ''Rainbow Cotton'' and ''Cotton Rock 'n Roll'' (which is available in Japan and was announced for the West, but has no release date yet).Cotton''.
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* NewbieBoom: The 30th Anniversary, which saw two well-received new games and most of the series getting worldwide releases after much of it being Japan-exclusive and very expensive on the resale market, introduced ''Cotton'' to a new generation of fans. Tellingly, most of the games would get English fan-translations later that same year.
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** Both the Saturn version of ''Cotton 2'' and ''Rainbow Cotton'' also received fan translations in 2021.

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** Both ''Cotton 100%'', the Saturn version of ''Cotton 2'' and ''Rainbow Cotton'' also received fan translations in 2021.
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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021 worldwide ([[LateExportForYou bringing many of the games to the West for the first time]]), beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''.

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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021 worldwide ([[LateExportForYou bringing many of the games to the West for the first time]]), beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''. As a result, nearly every ''Cotton'' video game is now available worldwide on Switch and [=PS4=], with the exceptions being ''Rainbow Cotton'' and ''Cotton Rock 'n Roll'' (which is available in Japan and was announced for the West, but has no release date yet).
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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021, beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''.

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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021, 2021 worldwide ([[LateExportForYou bringing many of the games to the West for the first time]]), beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''.

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* NoExportForYou: With the exception of ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, none of the Cotton games have seen official releases outside of Japan. Averted with the upcoming reboot of the series, which is confirmed to have a European and North American release.

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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, a slew of ports was released in 2021, beginning with ''Cotton Reboot!'' which also includes a VideoGameRemake of the original and culminating in a brand new game, ''Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock 'n Roll''.
* NoExportForYou: With the exception of ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, none of the Cotton games have seen official releases outside of Japan. Averted with the upcoming reboot of the series, which is confirmed to have a European and North American release.''Rainbow Cotton'' remains Japan-exclusive, as does ''Magical Pachinko Cotton''.
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* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).

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* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).2003).
* TheWikiRule: [[https://cotton.fandom.com Cotton Wiki]]
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** Both the Saturn version of ''Cotton 2'' and ''Rainbow Cotton'' also received fan translations in 2021.
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* NoExportForYou: With the exception of ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, none of the Cotton games have seen official releases outside of Japan. Averted with the upcoming reboot of the series, which is confirmed to have a European and North American release.

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* NoExportForYou: With the exception of ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, none of the Cotton games have seen official releases outside of Japan. Averted with the upcoming reboot of the series, which is confirmed to have a European and North American release.release.
* SequelGap: ''Rock 'n Roll'' marks the first new original ''Cotton'' video game in 21 years, and 18 years since any other original ''Cotton'' media (''Magical Pachinko Cotton'' in 2003).
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* IKnewIt: A negative example - When it was announced that City Connection would be bundling ''Cotton 2'', ''Cotton Boomerang'', and ''Guardian Force'' into a CompilationRerelease, given their previous track record with Creator/{{Psikyo}} ports, shmup fans were expecting these games to have a signficant amount of input lag. When ''Cotton Guardian Force Tribute'' was then released, fans were sadly proven right, as the games average '''10 frames''' of input lag!

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* IKnewIt: A negative example - When it was announced that City Connection would be bundling ''Cotton 2'', ''Cotton Boomerang'', and ''Guardian Force'' into a CompilationRerelease, given their previous track record with Creator/{{Psikyo}} ports, shmup fans were expecting these games to have a signficant significant amount of input lag, as the Psikyo games have about 7 frames of input lag. When ''Cotton Guardian Force Tribute'' was then released, fans were sadly proven right, as the games average '''10 frames''' of input lag!
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* IKnewIt: A negative example - When it was announced that City Connection would be bundling ''Cotton 2'', ''Cotton Boomerang'', and ''Guardian Force'' into a CompilationRerelease, given their previous track record with Creator/{{Psikyo}} ports, shmup fans were expecting these games to have a signficant amount of input lag. When ''Cotton Guardian Force Tribute'' was then released, fans were sadly proven right, as the games average '''10 frames''' of input lag!

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Something about this series eludes availability. All of the games sell for high prices in secondhand markets and none of the original Cotton games have been ported to any digital storefront. Not helping is majority of the games in the series being [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan.]] ''Panorama Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the [=TurboGrafx16=] CD are probably the most infamous in this regard. The former had small production numbers in Japan (and had a collectors set to boot), and the latter had even ''less'' numbers due to the Turbo CD not being a high selling console in North America. The lone exception to this is the arcade original, which got a nice port by M2 for the Sega Astro City Mini console.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Something about this series eludes availability. All of the games sell for high prices in secondhand markets and none of the original Cotton games have been ported to any digital storefront. Not helping is majority of the games in the series being [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan.]] ''Panorama Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the [=TurboGrafx16=] CD are probably the most infamous in this regard. The former had small production numbers in Japan (and had a collectors set to boot), and the latter had even ''less'' numbers due to the Turbo CD not being a high selling console in North America.
** It seems like someone is a fan of the ''Cotton'' series and has been slowly giving the older games love on modern systems.
The lone exception to this is the arcade original, which got a nice port by M2 for the Sega version of ''Cotton'' was ported to Sega's Astro City Mini console. in late 2020, and the Sharp X68000 version of ''Cotton'' was included in the reboot. [[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/04/cotton_guardian_force_saturn_tribute_announced_for_nintendo_switch Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang are also getting ported to the Switch and PS4,]] along with the obscure shooter ''Guardian Force.''
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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts. The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].

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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts. The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].here]].
* FranchiseKiller: The polarizing reception to ''Rainbow Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast put the series on ice until Beep announced a reboot of the series in 2021.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Something about this series eludes availability. All of the games sell for high prices in secondhand markets and none of the original Cotton games have been ported to any digital storefront. Not helping is majority of the games in the series being [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan.]] ''Panorama Cotton'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the [=TurboGrafx16=] CD are probably the most infamous in this regard. The former had small production numbers in Japan (and had a collectors set to boot), and the latter had even ''less'' numbers due to the Turbo CD not being a high selling console in North America. The lone exception to this is the arcade original, which got a nice port by M2 for the Sega Astro City Mini console.
* NoExportForYou: With the exception of ''Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' on the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, none of the Cotton games have seen official releases outside of Japan. Averted with the upcoming reboot of the series, which is confirmed to have a European and North American release.
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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts.The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].

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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts. The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].
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* FanTranslation: On March 2, 2019, ''Panorama Cotton'' was successfully translated into English after several years of delays and various attempts.The patch can be downloaded [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4292/ here]].

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